Post.



B. C. ROCKWELL.

POST.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 2s, 1913. RENEWED JULY 23, 1914. 1,131,737.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

'Witnesses Acto rn eyS o @www THE NORRIS PETERS C01. PHOw-LITHO..WASHINGTUN. DA C.

BYRD C. ROCKWELL, OF CAIVIDEN, ARKANSAS.

POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lltar., 16, 1915.

Application filed September 23, 1913, Serial No. 791,362. Renewed July23, 1914. Serial No. 852,759.

T0 alt whom it may concern Be it known that l, Brno C. Rocxwnnr., acitizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in the county ofOuachita and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Post, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to posts of that type particularly designed foruse in connection with porch screens and similar inclosures at thosepoints where the screens or inclosures are to be connected to theweatherboarding of the building or to the pillars or columns supportingthe porch roof. ,Heretofore, in setting up outside inclosures such asporch screens, it has been a diflicult and expensive matter to providemeans operating eiiiciently to prevent insects from entering theinclosure between the screen or other structure and the irregularsurfaces presentH ed by the walls of the building or turned orirregularly shaped roof supporting posts or columns. There the wall ofthe building is provided with lapping weatherboards, it has heretoforebeen necessary to mal-:e care ful measurements of the boards and to cutout strips or posts which would iit snugly against them. Even whenexcessive care has thus been exercised it has almost been impossible toobtain a perfect iit between the posts or connecting strips and thewalls of the buildings. The same diiiiculties have been present where ithas been desired to set up screens and the like between roof supportingposts or columns of irregular contours.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide simple andetlicient means which can be set up readily without requiring theservices of a skilled mechanic and which, when placed in position, willact etliciently to prevent intrusion of insects between the posts andany irregular surfaces to which they may be attached.

lVith the foregoing and other obiects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings zFigure l is a perspective view of a portion of a postconnected to the side of a structure a portion ofV which has been shown,said post embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the post spaced from the wall but with the guard fabricattached to the wall. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the partsin the position shown in 'ig. l. Fig. 4 is a section on line A-BReferring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a postof any desired proportions which may, if preferred, be provided with agroove 2 adapted to receive a screen, panel or the like to be set up inthe formation of an inclosure. The post l is provided in that faceadapted to contact with a wall or other structure, with a longitudinalchannel 3 which can be of any desired cross sectional contour. Securedlongitudinally within this channel is one edge of a guard strip 4 formedof canvas or any other suitable fabric, the said guard strip beingattached to the post l preferably by means of an adhesive and by tacks.The guard strip 4 can be of any desired width and the channel 3 shouldbe of such size as to receive readily the strip 4 when crumpled up inthe manner hereinafter set forth.

In using the post, for example, against the weatherboards of a building,the free longitudinal edge of the guard strip 4 is secured to theweatherboards either by means of an adhesive or by means of tacks orother suitable fastening devices extending through the guard strip andinto the angles formed by thevmeeting faces of the boards, as shown at 5in Fig. 4. Thus the edge portion of the guard strip will be caused tolie snugly against the exposed faces of the weather'- boards and, byusing an adhesive, the connection between the weatherboards and thestrips 4 can be made even more intimate. After the strip 4 has thus beenattached to the wall, indicated generally at C, the post l, which hasbeen first cut to proper length, is moved against the wall so that theguard strip 4 will crumple up and become seated between the wall andpost and within the channel 3. The post can then be attached to the wallby means of nails, screws or the like and strip 4 even though crumpledwithin the post and in the spaces formed between the post and theweatherboards, will n the same will last as long as the post l. The posthaving the present improvements conibined .therewith can be setupwithout requiring the services of a skilled mechanic and is not onlymuch less expensive to fit and place than the ordinary cut post and,consequently, less expensive, but it is `also more eiicient as an insectexcluding means for the reason that a better or tighter joint can beformed between the post and the wall than would otherwise be possible.After the post has been secured to the wall, as shown in Fig. 1, theguard strip a is practically entirely concealed, except at those pointswhere spaces are formed between the posts and the weatherboards.

What is claimed is l. The combination with a grooved mem- 'ber of aflexible longitudinally foldable strip secured at one longitudinal edgein the groove of said member, the flexible strip As the guard strip 4 isnot. sub- Y jected to any strains, it will be obvious that' being of asubstantial width when fully withdrawn from the groove, thus enablingits free longitudinal edge to be readily attachedvto anirregula-rsurface opposed to .the grooved face of said member, thegroove being of such proportions as to receive the the pro-

longitudinally folded strip when grooved member is in contact with thejections 'of vtheirregular surface.

2. The combination of a flexible strip of a substantial width adapted tobe attached along one longitudinal edge to an irregular surface, saidstrip being foldable longitudinally, and a longitudinally groovedinember, the grooved face of said member being adapted to bear againstsaid irregular surface and the said groove being of such Aproportions as.to receive the longitudinally folded strip when said grooved member isin Contact with said irregular surface.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as zmy own, l have hereto aiXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BYRD C. ROCKWELL.

TWitnesses:

' 'V. T. MARTIN, WV. H. HALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cen'cseach, ky addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

